Snow piles up misery for Northeast travelers

Flights canceled;Washington shuts down

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS

Posted: January 22, 2014 at 5:37 a.m.

MATT ROURKE
Credit: AP
Commuters wait for a bus Tuesday in Philadelphia, where 10 to 14 inches of snow was forecast.

A swirling storm clobbered parts of the mid-Atlantic and the urban Northeast on Tuesday, dumping a foot or more of snow, grounding thousands of flights, closing government offices in the nation’s capital and making a mess of the evening commute.